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Centennial TROLLEY SERVICE CONCEPT EVALUATION

OCTOBER 2019 MD

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Contents

PROJECT BACKGROUND ...... 1 History ...... 2 The Centennial District Today ...... 3 Previous Studies ...... 4

EXISTING CONDITIONS ...... 7 Public Transit Context ...... 7 Trolley Route 10: 13th-Market to Overbrook ...... 8 Trolley Route 15: 63rd-Girard to Richmond-Westmoreland ...... 9 Bus Route 31: City Hall to 76th-City ...... 10 Bus Route 38: 5th-Market to Wissahickon Transportation Center ...... 11 Bus Route 40: 2nd-Lombard to Conshohocken-Monument ...... 12 Bus Route 43: Richmond-Cumberland to 50th-Parkside ...... 13 Bus Route 52: 49th-Woodland to 54th-City or 50th-Parkside ...... 14 Bus Route 64: Richmond-Cumberland to 50th-Parkside ...... 15 Regional Rail: ...... 16 PHLASH ...... 17 Mann Center Bus Loop ...... 18 Existing Public Transit Infrastructure ...... 19

ANALYSIS ...... 21 Ridership Forecasting ...... 21 Capital Costs ...... 25 The Centennial District in SEPTA’s Citywide Network ...... 26 Recreational Transit Service: Case Study ...... 28 Conclusions ...... 29

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Figures Tables

Figure 1: DVRPC Region ...... 1 Table 1: Route 10 service levels ...... 8 Figure 2: Philadelphia ...... 1 Table 2: Route 10 operating statistics ...... 8 Figure 3: Study Area ...... 1 Table 3: Route 15 service levels ...... 9 Figure 4: Map of the Centennial Grounds and Vicinity, Philadelphia, Showing the Table 4: Route 15 operating statistics ...... 9 Approaches by Steam and Street Railways (detail) ...... 2 Table 5: Route 31 service levels ...... 10 Figure 5: Centennial District attractions ...... 3 Table 6: Route 31 operating statistics ...... 10 Figure 6: Centennial District Master Plan ...... 4 Table 7: Route 38 service levels ...... 11 Figure 7: Taming Traffic ...... 4 Table 8: Route 38 operating statistics ...... 11 Figure 8: West Park District Plan ...... 4 Table 9: Route 40 operating statistics ...... 12 Figure 9: Centennial Commons ...... 5 Table 10: Route 40 service levels ...... 12 Figure 10: The New Fairmount Park ...... 5 Table 11: Route 43 service levels ...... 13 Figure 11: Philadelphia Bus Network Choices Report ...... 5 Table 12: Route 43 operating statistics ...... 13 Figure 12: SEPTA Official Philadelphia Transit & Street Map (detail) ...... 7 Table 13: Route 52 service levels ...... 14 Figure 13: Trolley Route 10 map ...... 8 Table 14: Route 52 operating statistics ...... 14 Figure 14: Trolley Route 15 map ...... 9 Table 15: Route 64 service levels ...... 15 Figure 15: Bus Route 31 map ...... 10 Table 16: Route 64 operating statistics ...... 15 Figure 16: Bus Route 38 map (detail) ...... 11 Table 17: Cynwyd Line service levels ...... 16 Figure 17: Bus Route 40 map (detail) ...... 12 Table 18: Cynwyd Line operating statistics ...... 16 Figure 18: Bus Route 43 map ...... 13 Table 19: Ridership estimates, existing conditions model ...... 23 Figure 19: Bus Route 52 map ...... 14 Table 20: Ridership estimates, pattern A ...... 23 Figure 20: Bus Route 64 map (detail) ...... 15 Table 21: Ridership estimates, pattern B ...... 23 Figure 21: Regional Rail: Cynwyd Line map ...... 16 Table 22: Unit costs ...... 25 Figure 22: PHLASH map ...... 17 Table 23: Pattern A cost estimates ...... 25 Figure 23: Mann Center Bus Loop map ...... 18 Table 24: Pattern B cost estimates ...... 25 Figure 24: Existing public transit infrastructure map ...... 19 Table 25: Service span split ...... 26 Figure 25: Parkside Loop ...... 20 Figure 26: Route 52 stop in ParkWest Town Center ...... 20 Figure 27: Missing sidewalk connection between Parkside Avenue and PTM ... 20 Figure 28: Route selection workshop ...... 21 Figure 29: Pattern A: Trolley Tunnel ...... 22 Figure 30: Pattern B: Girard Avenue ...... 22 Figure 31: Existing transit routes ...... 23 Figure 32: Pattern A: Trolley Tunnel ...... 23 Figure 33: Pattern B: Girard Avenue ...... 23 Figure 34: East Memorial Drive ...... 29

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TheCentennial District Trolley Service Concept Evaluation explores the feasibility of providing trolley service to the Centennial District of Fairmount Park in conjunction with SEPTA’s Trolley Modernization program.

The Centennial District is home to several recreational and tourism destinations and is adjacent to the East and West Parkside see fig. 2 communities. Over the last decade, several planning studies have recommended improving access to the district via public transit, in some cases, recommending new service. Philadelphia SEPTA is in the planning phase of its Trolley Modernization Figure 1: DVRPC Region program, a multi-year effort to replace its entire fleet of trolleys with state-of-the-art light rail vehicles. More than a one-for-one vehicle replacement, Trolley Modernization requires SEPTA to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by building accessible station platforms wherever modern trolleys stop. This massive investment is prompting SEPTA to evaluate the future of the trolley system, which includes reviewing several of the most frequently suggested system expansion proposals.

As part of this evaluation, DVRPC was asked to help SEPTA see fig. 3 understand whether expanding trolley service to the Centennial District is feasible for SEPTA as part of Trolley Modernization. The DVRPC project team used several methods to evaluate the feasibility of a Centennial District trolley, including: Fairmount Park >> Ridership forecasts for two proposed trolley service patterns, Figure 2: Philadelphia >> Capital cost estimates for modern trolley infrastructure, >>An evaluation of peer practices for recreational and tourism-focused

public transit, and B A. >>A review of SEPTA’s upcoming bus network reevaluation.

A steering committee made up of representatives from the following P A. organizations guided the DVRPC team throughout this project:

>> City of Philadelphia G A.   S . ++ Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability (oTIS)  S . L   A. ++ Philadelphia Parks & Recreation (PPR)   S . ++ Streets Department ++ Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC) M S . >> Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Centennial District >> Fairmount Park Conservancy Figure 3: Study Area >> Independence Visitor Center

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ROUTE o.- TIUI EST END PASSENGE Figure 4: Map of the Centennial Grounds and Vicinity, Philadelphia, Showing the Approaches by Steam and Street Railways (detail) Source: Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia Scrapbook. Retrieved from https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/2398

History In 1876, Philadelphia hosted Hundreds of new buildings After the Centennial Exhibition, the Centennial International were constructed to house the the area reverted to parkland. Exhibition, the first World’s Fair exhibitions, most of which were The few fair buildings that held in the United States. The razed at the fair’s end. remained became recreational event, timed to celebrate the and tourism destinations, nation’s hundredth anniversary, Visitors to the Exhibition arrived including Memorial Hall, the showcased arts, industry, by train at a station constructed current home of the Please Touch and culture from around the at what is today the corner of Museum, and Horticultural world, drawing more than 10 Parkside and Belmont Avenues. Hall, the eventual site of today’s million visitors over six months. From there, new trolley lines Horticulture Center. Philadelphia City Council offered internal circulation offered what we know today within the fairgrounds and The Centennial District is as the Centennial District as to or from the surrounding occasionally mentioned as fairgrounds. neighborhood (see Figure 4, a potential site for a similar trolley lines highlighted in red). exhibition, such as the semiquincentennial in 2026.

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The Centennial District Today The Centennial District remains The district’s cultural institutions Parkside neighborhoods, home to a cultural destination but is often attract visitors outside approximately 5,300 residents.5 also home to communities and of traditional commute times. institutions that have grown Concerts at the Mann Center Local institutions draw visitors, nearby since the Centennial typically begin at 7:00 pm. The but typically not tourists. The Exhibition. The most visited Zoo reports that about half School of the Future high school, cultural attractions in the district of their weekly attendance sees most of its travel activity include the Philadelphia Zoo occurs on weekends, and nearly around its 7:30 am opening (more than 1.2 million annual 70 percent of their annual and its 2:34 pm dismissal. The visitors),1 the Please Touch attendance occurs between ParkWest Town Center features Museum (PTM) (about 500,000 April and August.4 These hours a supermarket and a big-box- annual visitors),2 and the Mann of operation are one reason it is style hardware store, among Center for the Performing Arts challenging for SEPTA to serve other businesses. Typically, the (more than 200,000 annual Centennial District destinations. shopping center’s businesses are visitors.)3 open between approximately The Centennial District is also 6:00 am and 11:00 pm. 1 “About the Zoo,” Philadelphia Zoo, last updated February 21, adjacent to the East and West 2017, www.philadelphiazoo.org/About-the-Zoo.aspx. 2 Please Touch Museum, Annual Report, 2017. 5 U.S. Census Bureau, 2013-2017 American Community 3 “About the Mann,” Mann Center for the Performing Arts, last 4 DVRPC, Philadelphia Zoo Passenger Rail, 2017. Survey 5-Year Estimates. updated November 16, 2018, www.manncenter.org/about.

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Previous Studies

This study builds on numerous planning studies that have addressed transportation issues in the Centennial District.

Centennial District Master Plan: 2005 -2026 TheCentennial District Master Plan (2005) was completed by MGA Partners for the Fairmount Park Conservancy and presented ambitious recommendations to improve the district and connect it to Center City.

Notable highlights include public realm improvements along Parkside Avenue (recently implemented with the Centennial Commons: Parkside Edge project), and consolidating Figure 6: Centennial Avenue of the Republic and South Concourse Drive into a single, safer roadway. This plan District Master Plan was also the first recent study to call for a new light rail line between the Centennial Source: Fairmount Park Conservancy, 2005 District and Center City. Taming Traffic(2007) was a series of projects that focused on roads around the DVRPC region and looked to recommend improvements using a context-sensitive approach. The report included a study of Parkside Avenue from 40th Street to 52nd Street. For transit riders, there were two main recommendations. The first was to improve transit stops so that they were highly visible, attractive, and included maps and information. The second Figure 7: Taming Traffic was to improve conditions for pedestrians by slowing speeding and providing more Source: DVRPC, 2007 crossings. These strategies would address the issues that make taking transit to the area institutions and the park itself unattractive.

TheWest Park District Plan (2012) is a component of Philadelphia2035, Philadelphia’s comprehensive plan, focused on an area that includes the Centennial District. The plan identified a need to strengthen public transit connections to the district’s cultural and recreational assets, making three main recommendations towards this end: WEST PARK >> Prioritize better service for the Route 10 and 15 trolleys throughout the district through the > DISTRICT PLAN PHILADELPHIA City of Philadelphia and SEPTA’s cooperative Transit First Initiative. The plan specifically 2 35 mentions stop consolidation and transit signal prioritization (TSP) as recommended Figure 8: West Park improvements. Stop consolidation and TSP are incorporated as necessary strategies for District Plan implementing Trolley Modernization and have become an assumption of this project. Source: Philadelphia City Planning Commission, >> Devote further study to a direct light rail connection between Center City and cultural 2012 destinations in the Centennial District. The district plan calls for considering both tourist and commuter ridership. DVRPC partially addressed this recommendation in 2015 with the City Branch Transit Feasibility Study, focusing on an infrastructure asset in Center City that could be useful for a transit connection to the Centennial District in the future. This study further addresses this recommendation by investigating whether this light rail connection makes sense in the context of Trolley Modernization.

>> Dedicate long-term funding for PHLASH service. PHLASH received dedicated public funding through the most recent state transportation law, Act 89 of 2013.

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TheCentennial Commons project (2013) is a phased set of improvements for West Fairmount Park with a goal of better access and more amenities for residents of park- adjacent communities and visitors to park attractions.

Phase I, “Parkside Edge,” focuses on the park areas fronting Parkside Avenue and Figure 9: Centennial Commons creating a neighborhood park within the park that includes construction of seating and Source: Fairmount Park swings to invite neighbors to visit and linger, as well as the addition of rain gardens. Conservancy, 2013 Phase I officially opened in June 2018. Phase II, “Youth Area,” encompasses a play space for children and families adjacent to the Kelly Pool, just east of the Please Touch Museum and is slated to break ground in the spring of 2020.

The New Fairmount Park plan (2014) was the result of a year-long process investigating THE NEW FAIRMOUNT PARK how to revitalize East and West Fairmount Park, with a particular emphasis on park users and residents of adjacent neighborhoods. Pertinent to this project, the plan’s GO! transportation recommendations focus on active transportation options to bring HOME WHY EAST AND WEST FAIRMOUNT PARK THE BIG VISION FIRST STEPS FOCUS AREAS several user groups to the park, including neighbors, park employees, regional visitors, Figure 10: The New and tourists. The plan recommends improving transit shelters and stops and ensuring Fairmount Park that stop placement aligns with trail connections, park entrances, and institutions. Source: Philadelphia Parks and Recreation, Fairmount Other preliminary recommendations regarding transit included exploring ways to Park Conservancy, Penn brand existing SEPTA routes that provide access to the park and expanding hours and Praxis, 2014 increasing frequencies of services, especially during special events.

ThePhiladelphia Bus Network Choices Report, written by Jarrett Walker + Associates for Philadelphia Bus Network Choices Report JUNE 2018 SEPTA in 2018, is not specifically about the Centennial District, but is relevant when examining the District’s transit network. TheChoices Report examines SEPTA’s existing SEPTA citywide bus network, and recommends strategies to revise the network in a way that would provide better service to more people. Figure 11: Philadelphia TheChoices Report’s strategies include reducing duplicative service, simplifying the bus Bus Network Choices Report network, and encouraging riders to transfer between high-frequency routes. The report Source: SEPTA, 2018 helped the project team understand both the shortcomings of existing bus service in the Centennial District, and SEPTA’s goals in reenvisioning the network.

In total, these studies offer a wide range of recommendations on bringing visitors to the Centennial District. Bolder visions for public transit in the district, exemplified in the Centennial District Master Plan, have proven difficult to realize, while plans with more granular recommendations, such as the Centennial Commons project, have experienced quick success. This study investigates the potential links between a large-scale project, Trolley Modernization, and the finely detailed transportation needs of the Centennial District. Specifically, we investigate whether trolley service to the Centennial District is feasible for SEPTA and other stakeholders to invest in as part of Trolley Modernization.

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Figure 12: SEPTA Official Philadelphia Transit & Street Map (detail) Source: SEPTA, 2018

Public Transit Context The Centennial District study Yet, while numerous transit residential streets.”6 area enjoys robust public routes travel through or near The district’s pedestrian network transportation service, including the district, stakeholders have also presents challenges to several bus routes, two trolley articulated shortcomings about visitors using transit. Parkside, routes, Regional Rail, and shuttle existing service. The Philadelphia Girard, and Belmont Avenues are service, all within a half mile. City Planning Commission, for example, wrote in their West all on Philadelphia’s High Injury Bus routes 38 and 40 offer the Park District Plan: “Cultural Network, corridors with highest most direct access to the district, attractions in the Centennial rates of fatalities and severe running along Parkside Avenue. District including the Mann injuries per mile, and can be Trolley routes 10 and 15 run Center, the Please Touch Museum, unsafe for pedestrians. Likewise, nearby, and are the impetus for and the Philadelphia Zoo do the occasional lack of sidewalks this study. Route 15 travels along not have direct transit links to limit bus stop locations, such as Girard Avenue at the southern suburban destinations or Center on East and West Memorial Hall end of the study area, and Route City and rely heavily on surface Drives, where Route 38 must 10 follows Lancaster Avenue parking, which sometimes has make a 1/3-mile loop to serve the about a half mile south of the adverse traffic impacts on local PTM. district en route to Center City. 6 Philadelphia City Planning Commission, West Park District Plan, 2012.

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ROUTE DESCRIPTION SERVICE LEVELS OPERATING STATISTICS Passengers use Route 10 to FREQUENCY PERIOD (MINS.) travel between Center City and Overbrook, in West Philadelphia. Peak (am | pm) 5 | 5 One-way Route Miles 5.9 Route 10 runs underground, Base 10 Average Daily Weekday 13,645 Ridership making subway stops in the Early Evening 12 WEEKDAY On-time Performance 76% trolley tunnel, between 13th and Late Night 30 Weekday Operating 24 36th Streets. From there, Route Peak (am | pm) 20 | 15 10 runs above ground in mixed Hours Base 15 traffic to 63rd Street & Malvern Table 2: Route 10 operating statistics Avenue. Free transfers are Early Evening 20 SATURDAY available to the Late Night 30 at 15th Street Station, and to the Peak (am | pm) 25 | 20 Market Frankford Line at 13th, Base 20 15th, and 30th Street stations.

SUNDAY Early Evening 20 Late Night 30 Table 1: Route 10 service levels

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Penitentiary 33 r W Colleg 16 Northern LibeBelmont A rties 1” 3158 Ft Lancaster A Please Touch 49 Girard P 32 v arkside A Museum CollegeW Colleg Lancaster A KIPP v Belmont A Please Touch 76 Gira49 rd Av Girard Late Night 30 Overbrook v e A v v Parkside A Museum d A 32 v 76 Girard Av College H. S. Park West KIPP P High School Girar v v arkside A 34th St Poplar St Columbia A Overbrook v e A v Town Center 50th St 49th St v of the Future d A 32 Jeff v H. S. Park West erson St 43 Parkside38 A High School Girar 30th St 49Poplar St Parrishv St Table 3: Route 15 service levels Columbia A 39th St 34th St son St Town Center 50th St 49th St v40 of the Future 32K er Mastery Jeff 64 40th St e Br 30th St own St Jeff er 43 49l 28th St 27th St 26th St son St 38 l Parrish St Shoemaker 40 41st St 39th St Fairmount y 62nd St son St S K er 10 L v 40th St P v Mastery an 64 Philadelphia c e D ennsylBAspenvrown St 63r Jeff c d A Park 28th St 27th St 26th St Campus as h ll r wne A Shoemaker 51st St ter Girar 38 41st St u Fairmount y 52 Zoo d St 62nd St A S y Lansdo v 52nd St 10 Lan v v43 Philadelphia lk D P Aspen St 63r 53r c d A c Park ennsylv HestonvilleCampus a h i r ania A wne A 55th St 54th St 51st St st Girar ll Media St 52 er 3840 42nd St Zoo u E d St d St 52nd St A 6445th St 43r y x OPERATING STATISTICS Lansdo v 10 43 lk pw Hestonville 53r y v 54th St il ania A 46 55th St d St 39th St 38th St l Master St 40 42nd St Media St d St E 61st St 6445th St 43r x 60th St QUBA H. 10S. pw Philadelphia 59th St y v 31 Thompson St v d St 46 39th St 38th St Mantua 34th St Master St d A 52 33r Museum of Art 61st St 35th St 60th St G Girar QUBA H. S. 36th St 32nd St Philadelphia 47th St d Av 59th St 48th St arrish St d St H31averfor Thompson St v P 37th St Lancaster A Mantua 34th St d A 52 49th St 33r Museum of Art 30 G 50th St 35th St G Girar v own St 36th St 32nd St 47th St Br v 48th St d St d St verford A v arrish St Ha Girard Av alusing A P Lancaster A 37th St Wy 49th St v Wallace St One-way Route Miles 9.4 30 G 50th St 63r 30 Westminsterv A BAspenrown St St v

d St v 31Girard Av alusing A Baring 76 Callowhill St Wy Haverf airmount A v Wallace St den St 63r 30 Westminster A ord A Sulzberger FAspen St v d Av 65th St 31 v Parkway or BaringSpring GarHamilton St 76 VineCallo StwhillHaddington St Haverf Jr. H. S. airmount A Haverf den St Baring St v Average Daily Weekday 8,120 ord A Sulzberger WestF H. S. d Av welton A 65th St 46 v Parkway or Spring GarHamilton StPo d St Vine St Haddington Jr. H. S. Haverf Baring St v Kirkbride West H. S. Ridership 64th St 63r Race St 46 Penn Presbyterian Powelton A d St WEST PHILADELPHIA Center Powelton Kirkbride Medical Center 30th Street 64th St 63r Race St

46th St Penn Presbyterian Arch St WEST PHILADELPHIA Center PoweltonVillage Station d St CHOP Medical Center 30th Street On-time Performance 69%

Arch St 46th St Village ® 54th St 53r 52nd St 51st St 50th St 59th St 58th St 57th St 56th St 55th St Station 60th St Pediatric d St CHOP Center 1” 3158® Ft 54th St 53r 52nd St 51st St 50th St 59th St 58th St 57th St 56th St 55th St

60th St West Philadelphia H. S. 62nd St 61st St Pediatric Weekday Operating 24 West Philadelphia H. S. Center 1” 3158 Ft 62nd St 61st St Hours Figure 14: Trolley Route 15 map Table 4: Route 15 operating statistics Source: SEPTA, 2019

ROUTE DESCRIPTION Trolley Route 15 travels Route 15 runs less frequently Since 2012, the route east of crosstown, mostly along Girard than other trolley routes, but Front Street has been served by Avenue, from Haddington in the runs 24 hours-a-day. Route 15 buses due to PennDOT’s 1-95 west to Port Richmond in the was a trolley line until 1992, reconstruction. east. It is the only SEPTA city when its trolleys were replaced trolley line that does not use the by buses, but was restored as trolley tunnel to access Center a trolley route in 2005 using City, though it does cross the a dedicated fleet of restored Broad Street Line and Market- historic trolley cars. Frankford Line, where passengers may transfer for a $1 fee.

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Bus Route 31: City Hall to 76th-City

Francisville Rd Girard Av d Overbrook Overbrook Please Touch Girard College City Av oo H. S. Park West St Joseph’s Ha rw School for Museum Hospital ve e 56th St Town Center rf h the Blind 55th St or S 54th St d KIPP

R Jefferson St 53rd St 52nd St High School

20th St

21st St 22nd St d St 23rd 106 of the Future Philadelphia City Av Zoo Fairmount

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15th St 16th St H Media St 17th St Overbrook Avave Morris Park 63rd St Hestonville Eastern State r 76 Philadelphia Community City Av fo C, Penitentiary 76th St rd Master St QUBA H. S.[I] Museum Av Lansdowne Av Girard Av 40th St College of 10377th St Parrish St Mantua 38 of Art Franklin H. S. 75th St 10 40 35th St Philadelphia Ha 37th St ve Wyalusing Av Rodin Roman 30 Girard Av rfor Aspen St • Museum d Parkway SherwoodRd 15 Av Westminster Av 38 2 Catholic H. S. Callowhill St G West H. S. Baring 43 Connections at Franklin Hallahan H. S. Overbrook Park d Fairmount Av 33rd St 23 R Haddington 52 30th St Station: Cobbs Creek Sulzberger 43 Institute n 9, 10, 11, 13, 30, 34, 36, 44, Hahnemann PA o Vine St WEST t Park 46 Jr. H. S. Haverford Av Convention g [I] • Baring St 49, 62, 78,124, 125, LUCY Hospital

n Spring Garden40 St i PHILADELPHIA Center 63rd St 63rd Race St Kirkbride Center

d • and all Regional Rail Lines Suburban 4

r Penn Presbyterian Powelton Av 49

34th St a CHOP Station Jefferson

Lansdowne Av C Arch St Powelton 30th Street 16 MILLBOURNE Medical Center 7 Station Pediatric 46th St JFK Blvd ® 15TH ST 52ND ST 56TH ST 60TH ST 63RD ST

46TH ST Station ® Village 34TH ST 69th Street Market St Center Market St ® 30TH ST Market St 20th St West Chester Pk Transportation LUCY ! Chestnut St W. Phila. H. S. W. Catholic 40TH ST rn L~---:;-n t Center Market St 64 49 Chestnut St ® H. S. 9 21 42 Walnut St 46 G 52 University. City St Juniper 23

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Walnut St Spruce Hill Hospital of U of P Pine St University 45

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L Bainbridge St Penn Medicine E Hospital Bywood 69th St A VA Medical

L Catharine St D Center Catharine St at Rittenhouse A Baltimore Av E 76 W

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11th St 12th St Bonner/ Christian St University Christian St 13th St A P Sherwood Carpenter St St Broad Pendergast H. S. Marshall Rd R H Washington Av of the Sciences I E A Grays Ferry AvWashington Av C v N C Angora Warrington Av A O O ys Ferry Av . Springfield Av d Gra © SEPTA . Chester Av n

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22nd St 23rd St 23rd Thomas Av d 15th St Whitby AvWillows Av Kingsessing Av o 1” 3307 Ft Florence Av Greenway o Av Grays Ferry W Figure 15: Bus Route 31 map Source: SEPTA, 2019

ROUTE DESCRIPTION SERVICE LEVELS OPERATING STATISTICS Bus Route 31 travels from City FREQUENCY PERIOD (MINS.) Hall to the Overbrook Park One-way Route Miles 9.0 Peak (am | pm) 15 | 17 enclave in West Philadelphia, Average Daily Weekday 4,704 providing local service along Base 25 Ridership the Market-Frankford Line for Early Evening 30 On-time Performance 72% WEEKDAY much of its length. Along the Late Night 60 Weekday Operating 5am–2am Hours way, the route makes two main Peak (am | pm) 60 | 30 deviations, one to serve Mantua Base 30 Table 6: Route 31 operating statistics and Mill Creek, and the other along 63rd Street in Haddington. Early Evening 60 SATURDAY The 2018 Philadelphia Bus Network Late Night 60 Choices Report by Jarrett Walker Peak (am | pm) 60 | 45 + Associates highlights Route Base 45 31 as an example of complex

SUNDAY Early Evening 60 bus routing through Mantua, a condition that minimizes Late Night 60 walking distances to bus stops for Table 5: Route 31 service levels Mantua residents, but maximizes waiting times for all Route 31 riders.

( 10 ) Existing Conditions Centennial District Trolley Service Concept Evaluation

Bus Route 38: 5th-Market to Wissahickon Transportation Center

Butler St 76 62 Wissahickon Connections with routes at Erie Av 61 Transportation SERVICE LEVELS Wissahickon Transportation Center: Erie Av WISSAHICKON Center ERIE STATION 1, 9,27, 38, 61, 62, 65, 124, 125, R St Christopher’s Ridge Av Bakers STATION Venango St ® FREQUENCYHospital for Children R 1 Centre 65 TiogaPERIOD St (MINS.)Tioga St 1 EAST FALLS Randolph

19th St 18th St 17th St 16th St 15th St Temple STATION Career St Broad Ontario St Presi East Falls UniversityPeak (am | pm) 16 | 16 de Academy ALLEGHENY n Hospital Westmoreland St t i a Mercy STATION l ALLEGHENY Vocational Allegheny Av Base Allegheny Av 20 B r STATION lv l D H. S. d il Falls e Clearfield St Clearfield St City Av65 N D Swampoodle Early Evening 30

r NORTH

1 WEEKDAY Indiana Av PHILADELPHIA Indiana Av 21st St 24th St 20th St

River Park St 23rd STATION

22nd St Late Night 60 Bala Cambria St Cambria St Cynwyd NORTH 1 PCOM PHILADELPHIA SOMERSET S. C. 76 Somerset St Peak (am | pm) Somerset40 St | 30 STATION Conshohocken Av STATION C Episcopol r Lehigh Av Lehigh Av Ford Rd ans Base Hospital30 to NORTH PHILADELPHIA Belmont Av n

R Huntingdon St NORTH BROAD Huntingdon St d STATIONEarly Evening 30 Ridge Av Cumberland St Germantown Av Cumberland St HUNTINGDON West Park SATURDAY York St Glenwood York St Late Night York St 60STATION y w p Dauphin St Dauphin St Chamounix Dr x SUSQUEHANNA- YORK-DAUPHIN E Peak (am | pm) 45 | 45 ill DAUPHIN STATION lk Strawberry Susquehanna Av Susquehanna Av uy STATION Fairmount ch Mansion H. S. Base 45 Park S Diamond St Diamond St 40 Strawberry Norris St TempleEarly EveningTEMPLE Norris St 45 Wynnefield Av SUNDAY University UNIVERSITY 76 Mansion Berks St Berks St BERKS r Late NightSTATION 60 D STATION l il Montgomery Av Montgomery Av H s e CECILTable B. 7: MOORE Route 38 service levels g Cecil B. Moore Av Cecil B. Moore Av Kensington r

o r STATION D Belmont Av e ll CAPA H S G es Hi Brewerytown org N e G S OPERATING STATISTICS

5th St 4th St 6th St 7th St 8th St 31st St 21st St 2nd St 30th St 29th St 28th St 27th St 26th St 25th St 24th St 20th St 19th St 18th St 17th St 16th St 15th St Parkside Av 13th St 12th St 11th St 23rd St 23rd 33rd St 33rd 10th St 22nd St 32nd St Avenue of St Broad Please Touch Front St Museum Ridge Av One-way Route Miles 10.0 KIPP the Republic Girard Av Girard Francisville Girard Av 52 Hill Dr 40 W Memorial High School College GIRARD Hill Dr Poplar St Average Daily Weekday 2,932 Park West E Memorial of the Future STATION 95 Town Center 43 Parkside Av Parrish St St Joseph’s 49th St RidershipPoplar St 50th St 64 15 Hospital Lancaster Av 45th St Philadelphia Brown St 15 Poplar St Fairmount 40th St Zoo Eastern State Fairmount Av FAIRMOUNTOn-time PerformanceNorthern 71% Master St Girard Av Penitentiary STATION Fairmount Av 43rd St 42nd St 41st St Philadelphia Liberties Mantua Av Thompson St QUBA H. S. Parrish St 76 Museum Community LudlowWeekday Operating 5:30 am – College of Garden St Girard Av 3 of Art Rodin SPRING GARDEN Spring Hours 2 am 34th St 1 Brown St st 43 Philadelphia STATION Westminster Av Lancaster Av S t Mantua35th St S B FranklinMuseum Pkwy 36th St t n Parrish St 37th St de 40 38th St ar Barnes Brown St 39th St g G TableRoman 8: Route 38 operating statistics Sprin Museum Catholic H. S. Callowhill St Haverford Av Aspen St Hallahan Fairmount Av Baring 43 Vine Expwy Vine St Sulzberger Franklin H. S. 16 676 WEST Jr. H. S. Parkway Powelton Institute Hahnemann RACE-VINE West H. S. Hospital 4 STATION 4th St 3rd St 3rd PHILADELPHIA Spring Garden St Village Race St Chinatown 2nd St 30th Street Suburban Kirkbride Center Baring St PA Convention U S CHOP Penn Presbyterian Station Arch St Station Center Jefferson Arch StIi] c:,95 20th St Mint

Pediatric Powelton Av Medical Center JFK Blvd JFK Blvd ® 54th St 54th

55th St 55th Station 53rd St 53rd 52nd St 52nd ® Penn’s 8TH ST 13TH ST

Center 29th St 5th St Market St Market St Market St ®Market St 6th St W. Catholic 17 33 48 Landing Juniper St Juniper 15TH ST Chestnut St H. S. Chestnut St Chestnut St 5TH ST N

University 30TH ST 21 42 © SEPTA W. Phila. H. S. 46TH ST 40TH ST 52ND ST 15th St 34TH ST 21st St 20th St 19th St 18th St 17th St 16th St Walnut St of Pennsylvania Drexel Walnut St 22nd St 4 Jefferson Wills-~- Eye Independence Mall[!J 2/2017 University City University Center City Hospital 111111 Hospital·~1” - - 3757 Ft Figure 16: Bus Route 38 map (detail) Locust St Source: SEPTA, 2017 ROUTE DESCRIPTION Bus Route 38 travels between 38 is known as a tourism-focused coverage to a portion of Mantua Wissahickon Transportation bus route, as it reaches attractions limiting its potential frequency. In Center and 5th and Market such as the Philadelphia Museum the Centennial District, Route 38 Streets. Along the way, it travels of Art and Independence Mall. must make a 1/3-mile loop to serve through Fairmount Park, Ridership data and SEPTA staff the PTM because there is no direct including along Parkside Avenue guidance suggest, however, that sidewalk connection between in the Centennial District. Route most 38 riders are not tourists. Parkside Avenue and PTM. Like Route 31, Route 38 provides

( 11 ) Centennial District Existing Conditions Trolley Service Concept Evaluation

Bus Route 40: 2nd-Lombard to Conshohocken-Monument

Cynwyd Bala Plaza Swampoodle CYNWYD □ .. River Park OPERATING STATISTICS SERVICE LEVELS STATION /ill Bala Cynwyd ,, PCOM PERIOD FREQUENCY (MINS.) S. C. 44 76 NORTH BROAD 1 STATION 38 ~­ One-way Route MilesDobbins 9.8 Peak (am | pm) 10 | 15 BALA / H. S. STATION,,,.. , West Park Average Daily Weekday 6,833 Base 15 Bala,,..,, Glenwood 31st St 30th St 29th St 28th St 27th St 26th St 25th St 24th St 33rd St 33rd 32nd St Ridership Early Evening 12

.. WEEKDAY SUSQUEHANNA-DAUPHI N STATION Kensington On-time PerformanceStrawberry 76% H. S. Fairmount Mansion H. S. Phila. Military Late Night 40 Park AcademyH. S. [I] WeekdayStrawberry Operating 5 am – Peak (am | pm) 30 | 30 9th St 8th St 4th St 5th St 6th St 3rd St 3rd 7th St 2nd St 10th St 11th St 12th St 52 13th St Fishtown Mansion St Front Hours J 2:30 am TEMPLE UNIVERSITY STATION

21st St Base 25 20th St 19th St 18th St 17th St 16th St 15th St 25th St 24th St WYNNEFIELD AV St 23rd 22nd St

Broad St Broad Temple STATION University Montgomery Av Table 9: Route 40 operating statistics Cecil B. Moo A Wynnefield CECIL B. MOOREEarly Evening re v 30 STATION CJ76 Brewerytown SATURDAY Jefferson St LateJefferson Night St 40 The Mann Please Touch Master St Master St Museum Thompson St PeakThompson (am | Stpm) 30 | 30 38 Girard Francisville Girard Av High School Girard Av College KIPP of the Future GIRARD Base 2595 43 STATION 52 43 St Josephs Poplar St 56th St 57th St 59th St Park West 64 15 Hospital Early Evening 30 Town Center 64 Fairmount SUNDAY 15 50th St FAIRMOUNT 52nd St 51st St Eastern STATION Late NightNorthern 40 Hestonville53rd St Philadelphia Fairmount Av 54th St Lancaster Av State Penitentiary Media St 55th St Zoo Liberties Philadelphia Community Ludlow 40th St Master St 41st St College of Mantua35th St Table 10: Route Spring40 service Garden St levels 42nd St 36th St Museum SPRING GARDEN 37th St 43rd St 38th St Philadelphia Thompson St 10 44th St of Art STATION 46th St 39th St 33rd St Girard Av 34th St Barnes Rodin Wyalusing Av Parrish St 31 Museum Callowhill St 31 Museum Halahan Roman Westminster Av Brown St Baring Ii] [j] [I] H. S. Haverford Av Aspen St H. S. Vine St 95 Spring Garden St Vine St 10 676 Hahnemann RACE-VINE I Fairmount Av 43 Baring St Franklin STATION Powelton Av Institute [ji] University Race St 676 Race St Kirkbride Penn Presbyterian 76 Hospital PA CJ Center Medical Center Convention Powelton 30th Street lllil US Mint Arch St CHOP Station Academy of Center Arch St ST ST

ST Village ST Pediatric Natural Sciences Penn’s 60TH 46TH

ST ® 56TH 52ND ® Market St Center 40TH ~ ® Market St Landing ST Suburban

34TH Jefferson West West Chestnut St • Station Chestnut St 21 University [I] ST Station Catholic 30TH Philadelphia Walnut St 7 Center City Adventure Aquarium H. S. 21 H. S. Locust St City Drexel 4 Walnut St Jefferson Hospital Sayre H. S. WEST PHILADELPHIA Spruce St U of P[I] • University WALNUT-LOCUST Locust St Wills Eye Hospital Society 30 17 STATION Spruce St 57 A 24th St 23rd St 23rd 25th St Pennsylvania Hospital 42 76 22nd St University of the Hill Ferry Hospital of Penn Medicine Arts Pine St 23 47 Pine St USS New Spruc Hill U of P Lombard St At Rittenhouse 2 Jersey 51st St 50th St 54th St 55th St St 53rd 56th St 57th St 60th St 59th St 58th St 49th St 48th St 47th St 46th St 45th St 44th St 52nd St rn • Lombard St

Veterans Affairs 30 rn 27th St \ \ LOMBARD-SOUTH STATION Mercy South St South St 2nd St Medical Center Children’s Hospital 42 Hospital 17 \ 7 Fitzwater St 2 23 47M 47 57 Queen N 12 Catherine St St Broad University [I] rn l • •• 4 Village Sherwood of the Sciences © SEPTA 2/2017 \ 9th St

6th St 95 4th St 8th St 7th St 5th St 3rd St 3rd 2nd St 21st St 20th St 19th St 17th St 16th St 12th St 11th St 25th St 24th St 18th St 15th St 13th St 10th St 23rd St 23rd

1” 3210 Ft 22nd St Front St Front Figure 17: Bus Route 40 map (detail) -- Source: SEPTA, 2017

ROUTE DESCRIPTION Bus Route 40 travels between the edge of Fairmount Park—the complex. Similar to Route 38, Society Hill and West Park, with core of this project’s study area— Route 40 provides access to the stops along the way in Center but does not enter the park. Centennial District from Center City, University City, Mantua, City and University City, with Parkside, and Wynnefield. Major destinations along the more frequent service than route include the 40th Street the 38, and without serving Route 40 runs along Parkside Market-Frankford Line station Benjamin Franklin Parkway Avenue providing direct access to and the University City medical destinations.

( 12 ) Existing Conditions Centennial District Trolley Service Concept Evaluation

Bus Route 43: Richmond-Cumberland to 50th-Parkside

Frankford Transportation Center Cumberland St Kensington HuntingdonLehigh St Av York St [I] CJ76 39 Fairmount 39 Park BERKS Norris St 95 Belmont Av STATION Fishtown

v A 15 Kensington 89 go CAPA H S n Montgomery Av i Berks St m a r A Richmond St Mann Columbia Av Port Richmond Center Fern Rock Jefferson St 15 Village Shopping Parkside Transportation Center Girard Center Please Touch Master St Frankford Av

38 Museum Medical v

17th St 17th 18th St 18th 19th St 19th 31st St 31st 29th St 29th 30th St 28th St 27th St 26th St 25th St 24th St 23rd St 22nd St St 21st 20th St 4 A 40 KIPP Center GIRARD re 52 Parkside Av a / .. FrancisvilleR 16 GIRARD Girard Av STATION w Girard Av id la • g STATION e Park High School e D Beach St Belmont Av of the Future Poplar St Girard College Av Penn Treaty ./·· West 38 Pennsylvania Av

49th St

7th St 7th 6th St 6th 8th St 8th 5th St 5th 4th St 4th Parrish St St 3rd Park

Town St 2nd

16th St 16th 12th St 12th 13th St 13th 15th St 15th 11th St 11th 50th JeffersonSt St St 10th 95 ./· 40th St Front St Center Brown St Fairmount St Broad Northern Girard Av41st St FAIRMOUNT v 42nd St Aspen St 2 61 A SugarHouse 15 76 Eastern State Liberties e ./· STATION Fairmount Av r 15 Philadelphia 57 a Casino 43rd St Fairmount Av Penitentiary 23 w Franklin a QUBA H. S. Zoo SPRING 5 l /· Philadelphia H. S. 47 e .. 33 Masterman GARDEN Ludlow D Penn St Girard Av 10 Parrish St Museum of Art H. S. Spring Garden St Mantua 31st St Spring Garden St STATION I 46th St Brown St 38 Festival 64 47th St Lancaster Av SPRING GARDEN 48th St 47 44th St Aspen St NEW JERSEY Wyalusing Av 49th St 33 23 57 STATION Pier Westminster50th St Av Fairmount Av 4 61 51st St 31 Rodin Community College Callowhill St D / 52nd St 53rd St 31 Haverford Av 32nd St Eakins Museum 16 Roman wy 54th St Baring 33rd St of Philadelphia Exp 95 34th St Catholic St ayParkw 35th St Oval Barnes e 676 CJ 36th St 2 Vin Vine St CAMDEN Spring 37thGarden St St H. S. Sulzberger West H. S. 38th St 676 Foundation 30 39th St Hallahan 5 i Jr. H. S. RACE VINE Av 10 H. S. N Hav rford Hahnemann STATION Race St WEST e Franklin • 676 © SEPTA Penn Presbyterian Powelton 76 Hospital Chinatown i CJ 6/2018 Institute Arch St US Mint 69th Street PHILADELPHIA Medical Center Village lliil Transportation Center 1” 3223 Ft Figure 18: Bus Route 43 map -- Source: SEPTA, 2018

ROUTE DESCRIPTION SERVICE LEVELS OPERATING STATISTICS Passengers use Route 43 to travel FREQUENCY PERIOD (MINS.) between Fishtown/Kensington One-way Route Miles 10.0 Peak (am | pm) 16 | 16 and the 50th and Parkside Average Daily Weekday 2,932 Avenue loop at the Park West Base 20 Ridership Town Center. This 7.1-mile route Early Evening 30 On-time Performance 71% WEEKDAY runs along Spring Garden Street Late Night 60 Weekday Operating 5:30 am – Hours 2 am and Lancaster, Belmont and Peak (am | pm) 40 | 30 Parkside avenues heading west Base 30 Table 12: Route 43 operating statistics and is in many ways a parallel route to the 15 trolley. Riders can Early Evening 30 SATURDAY transfer to both the Broad Street Late Night 60 and Market-Frankford lines’ Peak (am | pm) 45 | 45 Spring Garden stations from this Base 45 route.

SUNDAY Early Evening 45 Late Night 60 Table 11: Route 43 service levels

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Bus Route 52: 49th-Woodland to 54th-City or 50th-Parkside

Oak Hill 44 C Roxborough H. S. Roxborough a o H L n Apartments U m t s m e u SERVICE LEVELS h Oakwood b Ridge Av n n 76 ri r l o Oakwood a y a h Sc S o Gladwyne Dr Ter h t A W c uy v d ke lk R n il Fountain St Green La FREQUENCY k d l Roxborough oc R St R Ex R i at pw Leverington Av Memorial ck 44 gh e R w Hagys Ford Rd y rn a t d lo Roxborough Av PERIOD (MINS.) Bl d er l Hospital s M o Flat Rock Rd R i H Manayunk Manayunk Av Charter School rd ll o R F d Philadelphia [II gs v [II Peak (am | pm) 4 | 4 n Penn Valley A University u d ne Main St o i R b r Y d Midvale Av o D LOWER MERION rd o o Belmont n Henry Av F W l 76 o Base 8 L s c y im Hills B Ravenhill d i n g t e i R ed W

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62nd St One-way Route Miles 5.8 Race St Kirkbride Center Medical Highland CHOP Center Lansdowne Av Arch St Pediatric Park 56TH ST STATION

Center 40TH ST STATION

Kirklyn MILLBOURNE STATION 69th Street 63RD ST STATION 60TH ST STATION Market St 52ND ST STATION 46TH ST STATION Market St Average Daily Weekday 14,900 West Chester Pk Transportation 31 31 3 Chestnut St W. Phila. H. S. W. Catholic H. S.Chestnut St La Center n ® 21 Ridership sd Walnut St Walnut St o WEST21 PHILADELPHIA Township Line Rd wn e Bond Sayre H. S. Av Upper Spruce St Spruce St

S. C. 43rdSt 1 State Rd 42ndSt Beverly Darby Pine St 42 42 Spruce Veterans Affairs On-time Performance 73% 57th St 55th St 54th St 58th St 56th St 49th St 48th St 47th St 46th St 45th St Hills Larchwood St 52nd St Hill Medical Center Upper Darby H. S. Bywood Cedar St Mercy Hospital University of the rn Stonehurst 51st St 50th St Operating Hours 24 69th St Catharine St Baltimore Av Sciences in Delaware Sherwood 34 Philadelphia Garrett Rd Barclay Sq S. C. County Long La Carpenter St 34 49TH ST 36 Memorial DCCC 52nd St STATION Table 14: Route 52 operating statistics Hospital Bonner/ Cobbs Creek PkwyAngora 49th St11 Prendergast Whitby Av 54th St ANGORA H. S. Lansdowne Av KIPP Penn Wood STATION 13 Baltimore Av W. Phila 36 Drexel H. S. Kingsessing N Burmont RdHill 13 Greenway Av Garrett Rd © SEPTA Marshall Rd FERNWOOD- 9/2017 YEADON Woodland Av LANSDOWNE Baltimore Av Chester Av 1” 4037 Ft • STATION WarringtonSpringfield Av Av Figure 19: Bus Route 52 map Source: SEPTA, 2017

ROUTE DESCRIPTION Route 52 is a relatively short This is the most frequent route other shortening the route by north/south route in West in the study area, feeding the ending at the Parkside Loop in Philadelphia, running between busy 52nd Street corridor and the West Parkside. 49th-Woodland in Kingsessing 52nd Street Market-Frankford to 54th-City Avenue. It runs Line station. Route 52 has two primarily along 52nd and 54th alternate service patterns, one streets and is a 24-hour a day serving Lower Merion, and the service.

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Bus Route 64: Richmond-Cumberland to 50th-Parkside

Fairmount [I] Park SERVICE LEVELS OPERATING STATISTICS Please Touch S c h u 29th St 52 y l k 32nd St 31st St 30th St Parkside Av Museum i l l 76 R Girard Av FREQUENCY i v One-way Route Miles 9.0 Belmont Av e Poplar St PERIOD (MINS.) 50th St 40 52 38 40 r Jefferson 49thSt St43 Girard Av Average Daily Weekday 5,845 Park West Peak (am | pm) 10 | 15 Town Center Poplar St Ridership Lancaster Av 15 Philadelphia 15 Zoo Base 20 45th St On-time Performance 78% Clara 41st St 42nd St Mantua Av Muhammad 10 43rd St Parrish St Early Evening 20 H. S. WEEKDAY Operating Hours 6 am - Brown St Mantua 32nd St Westminster Av 10 34th St 33rd St 76 43 35th St Lancaster Av Aspen St 36th St Late Night 45 45th St 44th St 37th St 12:30 am 49th St 46th St 38th St 47th St 48th St Fairmount39th St Av 40th St Parrish St Peak (am | pm) 30 | 30 Table 16: Route 64 operating statistics Brown St Shoemaker Spring Garden St Aspen St Jr H. S. Haverford Av Baring Baring St Base 30 Haverford30 Av Powelton Av Race St 30 Early Evening 30 Penn Presbyterian Powelton Race St Medical Center SATURDAY Village Frankford TransportationLate Night 45

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ROUTE DESCRIPTION Passengers use Route 64 to travel Bridge to Washington Avenue, route ends at the Park West Town from 50th and Parkside Avenue ending at the Pier 70 shopping Center, access to Fairmount Park heading south, then eastbound center on Columbus Boulevard. requires a transfer or at least a to Pier 70 in South Philadelphia. This route serves South and ½ mile walk, depending on the This 9-mile route runs south West Philadelphia and offers a destination. through West Philadelphia before one-seat ride to the Centennial crossing over the Gray’s Ferry District. However, since the

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Regional Rail: Cynwyd Line

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ROUTE DESCRIPTION SERVICE LEVELS OPERATING STATISTICS FREQUENCY Passengers can use the Cynwyd PERIOD (MINS.) Regional Rail line on weekdays Peak (am | pm) 40 | 34 One-way Route Miles 6.1 as it runs from Suburban Base 1 trip Average Daily Weekday 623 Station to the Cynwyd station Ridership Early Evening 56 in Bala Cynwyd, PA, located at WEEKDAY On-time Performance 92% Conshohocken State Road and Late Night N/A Weekday Operating 6:29 am - Bala Avenue. The Cynwyd Line Hours 8:19 pm runs through the study area but No Service does not serve it directly. This 6.1- Table 18: Cynwyd Line operating statistics mile route is the shortest and has SATURDAY the lowest ridership of all SEPTA regional rail lines. Only 10 or 11 No Service trains run per day, depending SUNDAY on the direction. Cynwyd Line Table 17: Cynwyd Line service levels trains stop at Cynwyd, Bala, Wynnfield Avenue, 30th Street, and Suburban stations.

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PHLASH

WESTBOUND TO THE PHIL.A.DELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART EASTBOUND TO PENN 'S LANCING

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ROUTE DESCRIPTION PHLASH, a public transit bus Service is offered seasonally, PHLASH is funded through an route that provides service from May to November, with Act 89 grant. That grant requires to Philadelphia’s main tourist 15-minute frequency. Ridership a 15 percent match supplied by attractions, debuted in 1994 is typically higher at Downtown several tourist destinations and and is currently operated Loop stops, with 30,000–45,000 from the City of Philadelphia. by the Independence Visitor riders at major stops in Center Operations are contracted to Center Corporation (IVCC) in City, compared to 7,000–10,000 Krapf’s Coaches, who run buses partnership with SEPTA. The using Zoo/PTM Loop stops wrapped with the purple and route’s main loop begins at annually in 2016. Individual rides yellow PHLASH brand. Five Penn’s Landing and ends at the cost $2, $5 for an all-day pass, buses operate on the Downtown Philadelphia Museum of Art or $8 for a two-day pass. SEPTA Loop, and two on the Zoo/PTM (PMA), stopping at popular pass and Key holders ride for free. Loop. Many stops have on- tourist destinations along the PHLASH information is available street route signage and maps. way. To access the Please Touch in-person or online through IVCC IVCC continues to seek ways Museum (PTM) and the Zoo, and Visit Philadelphia. SEPTA to improve its wayfinding and riders must transfer at PMA to a publishes minimal information customer experience, including separate loop. about PHLASH on its website. conducting a 2017 study, the PHLASH Wayfinding Audit.

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Mann Center Bus Loop

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St 33rd 22nd St 32nd St St Broad Mann Avenue of the Republic Kelly Dr Center Please Touch Master St Museum S Concourse Dr Thompson St L a n Girard Av s Girard do Francisville Jefferson St 52nd St Hill Dr w W Memorial n College e Parkside Av Hill Dr 50th St D Poplar St Park West E Memorial r Girard Av Town Center Jefferson49th St Fairmount Poplar St

27th St 2601 Brown St Parkway Media St Aspen St Eastern State Brown St Master St S Penitentiary Philadelphia Fairmount Av Hestonville Zoo Fairmount Av 53rd St Thompson St 54th St Pennsylvania Av 55th St 47th St Girard Av 48th St Philadelphia Ludlow Mantua Spring Garden St Spring Garden St Lancaster Av Mantua Av Museum of Art 22nd St Community College of Parrish St Rodin Wyalusing Av 50th St 49th St Museum Philadelphia 52nd St 51st St Brown St B. Franklin Pkwy Callowhill St Westminster Av S Hallahan H. S. Aspen St Baring 76 Hahnemann Vine St Fairmount Av 676 University Hospital 676 Vine St Haverford Av Franklin Franklin Square Spring Garden St Institute Chinatown Race St Powelton Logan Race St Square Pennsylvania Village 30th Street Suburban Arch St 20th St Convention Center Arch St 46th St Powelton Av Penn Presbyterian Station Station Arch St Filbert St Market East Medical Center JFK Blvd S S S S S S WEST PHILADELPHIA S Station Market St Market St Market St S 12th St Market St

Chestnut St Chestnut St Drexel University Chestnut St S

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54th St 54th 56th St 56th 55th St 55th Spruce St Hospital Pine St Hospital of the Pine St [I] University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania 19th St the Arts Hospital 23rd St 23rd 22nd St 21st St 20th St Larchwood St Children’s N Lombard St 18th St 17th St 16th St [I] VA Medical Hospital South St Peirce Cedar St © SEPTA rn _ _:__:__..:!....;.:_ __ 13th St 10th St 9th St 8th St 7th St 6th St Center 2/2012 Penn Medicine College 11th St at Rittenhouse Figure 23: Mann Center Bus Loop map Civic Center Blvd Source: SEPTA, 2012

ROUTE DESCRIPTION For travel to the Mann Center, minutes after the event concludes, provided by a standard SEPTA SEPTA funds and operates the following the same route through bus and costs a regular fare which Mann Center Bus Loop on event Center City in reverse. can be paid via any of the regular days. This service runs once per payment methods (cash, SEPTA evening, departing an hour and SEPTA’s webpage for the Mann Key, a token, or the Independence 10 minutes before an event start Loop lists eight to twelve Pass). Information about this time, with arrival 20 minutes scheduled stops, with the stop service is provided on both prior to the show. A return program determined by the event the Mann Center and SEPTA’s trip leaves the Mann Center 30 start time—a potential source websites. of confusion for riders. All stops are in Center City. The service is

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Existing Public Transit Infrastructure

A potential trolley service Most relevant to this project is a routes in the event of a break- extension to the Centennial portion of track beginning at a down or other disruption. District could benefit from loop at 40th Street, Parkside, and existing transit infrastructure. Girard Avenues, then running South of Lancaster Avenue, SEPTA maintains trolley tracks south along 40th, 41st, and SEPTA uses tracks on 40th, 41st, and overhead wire for its active Ogden Streets until it meets and 38th Streets to provide routes in the study area, routes Route 10 on Lancaster Avenue. diversion service when the trolley 10 and 15. SEPTA also maintains These tracks allow SEPTA to tunnel is blocked or closed for track and wire for less frequently circulate its trolleys between maintenance. used segments. Route 15 and the Subway-Surface

Belmont Ave.

Parkside Ave. Parkside Loop 63rd St.

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54th St. Lansdowne Ave. Lancaster Ave. Ogden St. 41st St. Girard Ave. Haverford Av e.

Filbert St. 38th St. 36th St. 1 Miles ´

Figure 24: Existing public transit infrastructure map Active Service Trolley Track 0 Bus Loop Diversion Service Trolley Track Regional Rail Non-revenue Service Trolley Track Market-Frankford Line

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In the immediate study area, Parkside Loop is the terminus for bus routes 43 and 64, and an alternative pattern of Route 52. The loop is an off-street facility on SEPTA property with a sheltered passenger waiting area, and a building with restrooms for bus operators. The dimensions of Parkside Loop are roughly compatible with those of existing trolley loops in SEPTA’s network, meaning that if track were laid within the loop, there would likely be enough space for existing trolleys to enter and turn back safely. With vehicle dimensions for modern trolleys still unknown, it is not possible Figure 25: Parkside Loop to determine whether or not Parkside Loop would be viable for modern trolleys.

Other notable transit stops in the district include:

>>A Route 52 stop on private property within the ParkWest Town Center’s parking lot, and

>>A Route 38 stop on Avenue of the Republic, in front of the Figure 26: Route 52 stop in ParkWest Town Center Figure 27: Missing sidewalk connection between Please Touch Museum. Route Parkside Avenue and PTM 38 makes a loop to this location from Parkside Avenue because there are no sidewalks on East or West Memorial Drive that would connect the museum to Parkside Avenue.

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Ridership Forecasting

To better understand the feasibility of new trolley service in a Trolley Modernization context, the project team performed ridership forecasts of two potential trolley routes. DVRPC’s regional travel demand model can estimate changes in stop-level transit ridership based on proposed changes to the region’s transportation network.

The model is useful to estimate a Centennial District trolley extension’s ridership potential, but with some important qualifications. First, the model works best when estimating transit service on a typical weekday. This project focuses on a district with several recreational and tourist destinations. The modeled results may not offer a full picture of recreational trips, especially those made on weekends.

Second, this project covers a relatively small geographic area—about five census tracts—with minimal expected new development. Because the Centennial District is already served by several bus routes, the model results identified fewnew riders, rather, the model mainly estimated that riders of existing routes would modify their trips if a Centennial District trolley extension existed.

ROUTE CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT At this project’s kickoff, the steering committee discussed their priorities for modeling a trolley service extension to the Centennial District. Specifically, the committee was interested in modeling routes that would minimize capital costs by taking advantage of existing trolley infrastructure, and/or routes that could draw riders making both recreational trips and commute-based trips.

The steering committee expressed a preference for comparing ridership on two types of routes: one that would take advantage of the trolley tunnel to provide direct subway-surface service to Center City, and another that would branch off of the existing Route 15 along Girard Avenue. Figure 28: Route selection workshop The project team presented two draft route patterns based on feedback from the kickoff meeting. The steering committee discussed these draft alternatives, selected station stops, and modified each route’s alignment as necessary. For modeling purposes, the steering committee agreed that one-third of Route 10 and 15’s respective scheduled trips would branch off to their respective route pattern alternatives.

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PATTERN A: TROLLEY TUNNEL

This alternative pattern of Route 10 would begin in the Center City Fairmount Park 52nd & Parkside trolley tunnel, and branch off at 40th/41st Streets & Lancaster 52nd & Jeerson 50th & Parkside 76 S Parkside Ave. c h u Avenue, continuing north to 40th y lk 50th St. i ll R i Street & Parkside Avenue. The ve W Memorial Dr & Parkside r pattern would follow Parkside Belmont Ave. Marlton & Parkside Avenue to 52nd Street, then 57th St. 56th St. 55th St. 54th St. 53rd St. 52nd St. 51st St. 40th & Parkside/Girard return to the Route 10 alignment Girard Ave.

at 52nd Street and Lancaster Route 10 Avenue, ending at 63rd Street & I Malvern Avenue. ... Lancaster Ave. ..._ This route would split Route 41st & Brown (outbound) 40th & Brown (inbound) 10 between 40th and 52nd • •

40th St.

Streets. These routes’ shared 43rd St.

39th St. 38th St. 37th St. 36th St. 35th St. 34th St.

alignment would receive more ---- 42nd St. • frequent service, while their split ------41st St. alignments would offer more ------1 coverage. Figure 29: Pattern A: Trolley Tunnel

PATTERN B: GIRARD AVENUE

This route would be a spur of Route 15, beginning at the existing route’s loop terminus at Fairmount Park Frankford & Delaware Avenues. Moving west, the route would 50th & Parkside (outbound only)

branch off at 40th Street & 76 S Parkside Ave. c h u y lk Girard Avenue onto Parkside 50th St. i ll R Parkside Loop Belmont & Parkside iv Avenue, then continue to 50th er Street and Parkside Loop. -■ Belmont Ave. E Memorial Dr & Parkside

55th St. 54th St. 53rd St. 52nd St. 51st St. This pattern would enable Route 15 Girard Ave. changes to Route 15 service patterns. By terminating at I Parkside Loop, it would enable ... other Route 15 trips to terminate ..._ Lancaster Ave. at 63rd Street and Girard Avenue. This would create a “trunk line” •

40th St. on Girard Avenue between 43rd St.

39th St. 38th St. 37th St. 36th St. 35th St. 34th St.

42nd St. Frankford Avenue and 40th 41st St. • Street, with less frequent spurs. Figure---- 30: Pattern B: Girard Avenue

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RIDERSHIP FORECAST RESULTS

These two route alternatives were coded into DVRPC’s regional travel demand model to estimate changes in route-wide ridership for the two trolley routes and six nearby bus routes. The results of each scenario are presented below with the ridership estimates for each modified route highlighted. As route-wide ridership estimates, these results include both existing trolley patterns and route modifications. For instance, in Table 20, below, the 14,444 riders estimated to ride Route 10, include riders using the existing Route 10’s Lancaster Avenue alignment, and the one-third of trips routed to Parkside Avenue.

EXISTING CONDITIONS MODEL PATTERN A: TROLLEY TUNNEL PATTERN B: GIRARD AVENUE

RIDERSHIP RIDERSHIP % RIDERSHIP % ROUTE ESTIMATE ROUTE ESTIMATE CHANGE ROUTE ESTIMATE CHANGE 31 7,948 31 7,996 + 1 % 31 7,950 0% 38 7,783 38 7,629 - 2 % 38 7,818 0% 40 10,145 40 9,917 - 2 % 40 10,716 + 6% 43 2,795 43 2,779 - 1 % 43 2,778 - 1% 52 8,840 52 8,902 + 1 % 52 8,838 0% 64 11,216 64 11,206 0 % 64 11,171 0% 10 13,626 10 14,444 + 6 % 10 13,721 + 1%

15 7,994 15 7,924 - 1 % I 15 7,661 - 4% I Total: 70,346 Total: 70,796 + 0.6 % Total: 70,654 + 0.4% Table 19: Ridership estimates, existing conditions Table 20: Ridership estimates, pattern A Table 21: Ridership estimates, pattern B model

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55th St. 54th St. 53rd St. 52nd St. 51st St. Marlton & Parkside 15 Girard Ave.

57th St. 56th St. 55th St. 54th St. 53rd St. 52nd St. 51st St.

55th St. 54th St. 53rd St. 52nd St. 51st St. 52 40th & Parkside/Girard Girard Ave. Route 15 Girard Ave.

43 Route 10 64 Lancaster Ave. \. Lancaster Ave. \. 38 .. .. Lancaster Ave. .. 41st & Brown (outbound) 40th & Brown (inbound) .. ■ ■ 31

40th St.

40th St.

43rd St.

43rd St.

48th St.

39th St. 38th St. 37th St. 36th St. 35th St. 34th St.

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46th St.

39th St. 38th St. 37th St. 36th St. 35th St. 34th St.

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NEW RIDERSHIP POTENTIAL ROUTE PATTERN COMPARISON

Our model identified minimal In Pattern A, some existing Frankford Line, and its direct potential to attract new SEPTA SEPTA riders appeared to shift route to southern Center City. riders under our build scenarios. to the modified Trolley Route 10 Under the two build scenarios, from other routes. We estimated Taken together, these results SEPTA riders currently using ridership growth by 818 daily suggest our build scenarios existing routes would be expected passengers, or about 6 percent. would not be expected to attract to shift their trips to either The ridership estimates for routes new riders on a typical weekday. another existing bus or trolley 38 and 40, each of which offers Rather, in each case, growth or route, or to one of the build a one-seat ride to Center City loss in ridership for new-build scenario routes. The “% Change” from the Centennial District, trolley routes would come at the totals in each scenario speak decreased by approximately 2 expense or benefit of existing to this minimal new ridership percent each. We interpret this SEPTA routes. creation. shift in riders as a result of more MARGIN OF ERROR direct access to Center City This result is consistent with our provided by our modified Trolley expectations based on existing Ridership in the existing Route 10 compared to existing conditions model for this project conditions. The Centennial bus routes on Parkside Avenue. District is already served by was calibrated to within ±10 several bus and trolley routes, In Pattern B, on the other hand, percent. The estimated ridership and the ridership forecasts simply we found our route modifications changes were, thus, within the showed a relatively small portion to Route 15 resulted in ridership model’s margin of error, meaning of SEPTA customers (up to 6 loss for that route, with apparent it is not advisable to infer major percent on a given route) shifting ridership shifts towards Bus conclusions from the ridership their trips to other transit routes. Route 40 and the existing Route change of any individual route. 10. We believe this to be the The total change in ridership In addition to existing transit result of lower frequency on of less than 1 percent for either coverage, ridership growth Route 15 west of 40th Street, as build scenario, however, is potential is constrained by the a third of trips were diverted to consistent with the factors Centennial District’s development serve Parkside Avenue. present in the study area: conditions. The district is minimal new residential or currently home to about 5,300 One consistency across both modeled route patterns was an commercial development, and residents. At this time, there are several existing transit options. no major planned new residential apparent desire for a direct route developments or commercial from Parkside Avenue to Center developments that would bring City. This is apparent in the shift enough new transit riders to the of riders to Pattern A, which district to alter the ridership would provide subway service forecasts. A large portion of the to Center City. Likewise, the district is parkland, which is ridership shift to Bus Route 40 not available for new homes or in the Pattern B build scenario businesses. suggests a demand for that route’s connection to the Market-

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UNIT COSTS Capital Costs

COST ESTIMATE This project specifically ITEM RANGE Notes: investigates whether trolley Embedded $ 8,000,000 Cost estimates include soft costs, such service to the Centennial District Track (per mile) – $ 9,000,000 as design and contingency costs. is feasible in the context of “Embedded track” estimate is for a Trolley Modernization. One Curb Extension $ 200,000 single-direction track mile. Station – $ 250,000 feasibility component is the Station cost estimates are for single- capital cost of modern, ADA- Station with $ 250,000 direction platform and associated compliant trolley service. Bicycle Lane – $ 300,000 station elements. Additional capital costs, such as Table 22: Unit costs overhead wire and power infrastructure, New trolleys will be required are excluded from these estimates. to meet ADA standards, which PATTERN A COST ESTIMATES will be accomplished not only by purchasing low-floor, multi-door COST ESTIMATE vehicles, but also by constructing ITEM (AMOUNT) RANGE Fairmount Park in-street stations compatible with

76 S Parkside Ave. c h new vehicles. DVRPC’s Modern u y Embedded Track $ 23,464,000 50th St. lk i ll R iv er (2.93 mi.) – $ 26,397,000 Belmont Ave. Trolley Station Design Guide (2017)

55th St. 54th St. 53rd St. 52nd St. 51st St. presented conceptual designs for Curb Extension $ 1,000,000 Girard Ave. stations that are compatible with Stations (5) – $ 1,250,000 Lancaster Ave. modern trolleys, incorporate Station with $ 2,250,000 streetscape elements (such

43rd St.

39th St. 38th St. 37th St. 36th St. 35th St. 34th St.

40th St.

Bicycle Lane (9) – $ 2,700,000 42nd St. 41st St. as bicycle lanes), and are ADA Total: $ 26,714,000 compliant. – $ 30,347,000 --0 Curb Extension --0 Station with Station Bicycle Lane For this analysis, SEPTA Table 23: Pattern A cost estimates Existing Track New Track provided order-of-magnitude cost estimates for modern trolley PATTERN B COST ESTIMATES stations and for in-street trolley track (see Table 22). The project COST ESTIMATE team applied these cost estimates Fairmount Park ITEM (AMOUNT) RANGE to the two proposed route

76 S Parkside Ave. c h u y Embedded Track $ 16,160,000 50th St. lk i ll patterns (see Table 23 and Table R iv er (2.02 mi.) – $ 18,180,000 Belmont Ave. 24).

55th St. 54th St. 53rd St. 52nd St. 51st St. Curb Extension $ 200,000 Girard Ave. Stations (1) – $ 250,000 \. Additional capital costs, such as .. overhead wire and other power ... Lancaster Ave. Station with $1,750,000 I infrastructure, are not included

43rd St.

39th St. 38th St. 37th St. 36th St. 35th St. 34th St.

40th St.

Bicycle Lane (7) – $ 2,100,000 42nd St. 41st St. in this analysis. These costs do Total: $ 18,110,000 not assume a need to purchase – $ 20,530,000 --0 Curb Extension --0 Station with any additional trolley vehicles Table 24: Pattern B cost estimates Station Bicycle Lane beyond those expected for Existing Track New Track modernizing routes 10 and 15.

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The Centennial District in SEPTA’s Citywide Network SEPTA is preparing to reevaluate its bus network in the face of declining ridership. In 2018, the agency published the Philadelphia Bus Network Choices Report, which examined the existing network, and laid out factors for SEPTA to consider as it redesigns routes.

The bus network reevaluation will be a multiyear, public process, meaning the alignments and frequency of routes in Philadelphia will be unknown for some time. In anticipation of this process, however, DVRPC has worked with SEPTA to develop a set of guiding principles for planning studies with impacts on the bus network, such as this one. These selected principles are not SEPTA policy, rather, they reflect industry best practices that will certainly inform SEPTA’s analysis as it pursues “more service without more money” for its bus network. The DVRPC project team has used them to guide our analysis of the routes in the study area. Route Duplication Ridership Coverage Out-of-City MINIMIZE MULTIPLE ROUTES SERVING THE SAME CORRIDOR. 10 100% 15 100% Some bus routes in SEPTA’s system duplicate the service of another route. An efficient and effective bus and trolley network would reduce 31 70% 10% 20% service duplication, allowing SEPTA to reallocate vehicles from 38 50% 10% 40% duplicative routes, providing more frequent service throughout the 40 10% 30% 60% rest of the network. 43 80% 20% Duplicative service is sometimes the result of requests to SEPTA to 52 20% 80% offer convenient service, such as one-seat rides, for a particular group 64 100% of SEPTA customers. These requests often result in either single- Table 25: Service span split route or limited-scope analyses; rarely are service patterns examined Source: SEPTA, Jarrett Walker + Associates, 2018 holistically. Other duplicative routes may have a historical basis, such as a one-time trolley route, in turn converted to a bus route, that Service Division Categories: follows the same route in spite of shifts in residents or jobs. Duplication: The percentage of a route’s service hours during which it There are several service duplications in the study area, including runs on the same street as, or very routes 38 and 40 on Parkside Avenue and 40th/41st Streets, and close to, another route. routes 38 and 31 through Mantua. Specifically, the Choices Report Out-of-City: The percentage of a concludes that approximately 70 percent of Route 31, 50 percent of route’s service hours during which it runs outside of Philadelphia city limits. Route 38, and 10 percent of Route 40’s service hours are duplicative of other routes (see Table 25). Ridership: The percentage of a route’s service hours during which its primary function is to maximize the number of At this time, it is not possible to know whether either of the two trolley riders who use the route. service patterns modeled for this study would duplicate any redesigned Coverage: The percentage of a bus routes. If a bus route were to serve Parkside Avenue and continue route’s service hours during which its towards City Avenue, as routes 38 and 40 do today, however, some primary function is to reach a wider a service duplication would be likely. geographic area.

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ASSUME TRANSFERS WILL BE FREE OR VERY LOW COST FOR CUSTOMERS. Removing SEPTA’s current $1 transfer penalty would reduce the need for duplicative routes by encouraging riders to transfer to a crossing route. In order to make transfers an effective part of a bus network, each crossing route must run frequently enough to avoid penalizing riders with a long wait time or with a fee.

Many existing routes through the Centennial District are aligned to minimize transfers, including routes 31, 38, and (to a lesser extent) 40. Route 52, on the other hand, is an example of a route laid out to encourage transfers because it is short, service is frequent, and it makes a connection to the Market-Frankford Line.

As the bus network reevaluation progresses, we can assume that SEPTA’s network will be designed with an emphasis on relatively straight routes that meet at favorable transfer locations. The two trolley route patterns this project investigates would do the opposite: each splitting from a linear route with high-frequency potential to serve specific destinations.

SIMPLIFY ROUTING, TURN-AROUND LOCATIONS, AND LAYOVERS, FOR BOTH CUSTOMERS AND OPERATORS. Simplifying routes into straight lines makes it easier for passengers to remember the route. Co-locating turnarounds and layovers at dedicated transit facilities provides, not only an easier connection between more routes, but can also make waiting for the bus more comfortable for riders and operators through the addition of benches, shelters, and restrooms.

In the study area, Route 31’s long diversion through Mantua and Powelton Village is the clearest example of a route with an unhelpfully complex alignment.

The steering committee developed this report’s two trolley route patterns because they were charged with finding ways to bring trolley service to destinations where demand is higher during off-peak periods, a goal that lent itself to limited-service route alternatives. Either pattern, however, would complicate its respective route, likely leading to passenger confusion.

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Recreational Transit Service: Case Study

Many bus routes serve the St. Louis’ transit agency, Metro, from regular Metro service. Centennial District, but visitors operates the Forest Park Trolley may find their frequencies with support from Forest Park The Forest Park Trolley bears and hours inconvenient. Forever. The Forest Park Trolley some instructive similarities Transportation between is an example of a service that to Philadelphia’s PHLASH bus destinations within Fairmount has succeeded in attracting riders, service. Forest Park Forever staff Park’s 2,052 acres is also limited providing a link from light rail report that the trolley’s branding and may deter visitors from using service at the park’s perimeter distinguishes the service in a transit. to park institutions, and making way that helps infrequent transit connections within the park. riders or visitors identify it—a As DVRPC and our project conclusion the project team also partners seek to address this The route’s first incarnation, heard from IVCC staff regarding challenge, our methods of the Forest Park circulator PHLASH. Another factor for analysis are, in some ways, bus, was provided wholly by success in St. Louis was that limited. For example, our model Metro and was a standard bus Forest Park Forever’s funding estimates travel demand on an indistinguishable from other was critical in keeping the service average weekday. This means Metro service. It operated on a running because its ridership that trips to destinations in our limited schedule, 10:00 am to does not compare well with study area with high weekend 5:00 pm, from Memorial Day other Metro routes. As of 2013, attendance (i.e., PTM, the Zoo, to Labor Day, and did not tailor PHLASH also receives a subsidy etc.), or with special events service to operating days and through Pennsylvania’s current on weekdays (i.e., the Mann hours of the park. In 2010 the transportation law, Act 89. Center), are not captured in the service was suspended due to lack ridership forecasts as precisely as of funds and its failure to provide One key difference is parking commute-oriented trips. a core service used by commuters supply in each park. Forest Park or students. Forever staff report that there To understand the challenges of is not enough free parking near serving these destinations, the After achieving success with major Forest Park institutions project team spoke to staff from a downtown circulator using to meet visitors’ demand, which Forest Park Forever, the nonprofit a fixed-route, historic trolley, pushes some users to the trolley. conservancy that manages Forest Metro approached Forest Park In the Centennial District, there Park in St. Louis, Missouri, a Forever about reinstituting park is ample free street parking, 1,371-acre public park, which, service. The new service runs which is rarely full. like the Centennial District, from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm from hosted a world’s fair, the 1904 mid-April to Labor Day, and This peer practice example Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Forest Park Forever pays for the suggests that Centennial District Also like Fairmount Park, Forest costs of the additional service institutions can achieve similar Park’s large size and distance days and hours. The other change benefits as would come from new from the central business district was to brand the service. Forest trolley service, but without many (4 miles) make it challenging to Park Forever paid for bus wraps of the costs, simply by supporting maintain and serve with public and promotional materials that and expanding PHLASH service. transit. clearly delineate the park trolley

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Conclusions

Effective transit service is a vital part of the Centennial District’s future. The project team was tasked, specifically, with investigating how Trolley Modernization factors into that future.

Based on the trolley route options proposed by the steering committee, we find minimal potential for new riders on a Centennial District trolley, but considerable capital expense (see “Ridership Forecast Results” on page 23 and “Capital Costs” on page 25).

Further, existing transit services meet many of the needs identified as benefits of a Centennial District trolley. PHLASH provides a visitor- focused connection to Center City at minimal capital cost, and the Mann Center shuttle provides special event service on a limited basis.

Existing services are also more cost-effective than the proposed Centennial District trolley. At its current yearly operating expense, about $1.7 million in fiscal year 2017,7 PHLASH could be funded for over a decade before it would cost as much as the $18–31 million in capital costs needed just to begin service on a Centennial District trolley.

Nevertheless, opportunities exist for improving transit access to the Centennial District. During its upcoming CBNR process, SEPTA will have the chance to improve service for visitors and residents. Our analysis suggests SEPTA should focus on addressing overlapping service through the district, such as the duplicative parts of routes 31, 38, and 40, and replacing it with direct, high-frequency service (see “The Centennial District in SEPTA’s Citywide Network” on page 26).

Centennial District institutions and stakeholders can most effectively serve visitors by continuing to support PHLASH service through consistent funding and public realm improvements. These stakeholders can further incentivize PHLASH ridership by not building new free parking along with park improvements.

An improved pedestrian environment in the Centennial District can also improve the passenger experience for SEPTA and PHLASH riders. Most critically, a sidewalk connection along Memorial Drive East and/or West between Parkside Avenue and Avenue of the Republic is needed to provide an ADA-compliant connection between bus service on Parkside Avenue and the Please Touch Museum.

7 Independence Visitor Center, Corporation Annual Financial Statements, Philadelphia: Independence Figure 34: East Memorial Drive Visitor Center Corporation, 2017.

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Centennial District Trolley Service Concept Evaluation

PUBLICATION NUMBER: 17072 PUBLICATION DATE: October 2019

GEOGRAPHIC AREA COVERED: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

KEY WORDS: Trolley Modernization, SEPTA, Centennial District, Fairmount Park, Route 10, Route 15

ABSTRACT: SEPTA is preparing to replace its trolley fleet with accessible light rail vehicles. This project investigates a proposal to expand trolley service to the Centennial District, in West Fairmount Park. Using ridership forecasts from DVRPC’s regional travel model, we find minimal potential for new weekday riders on a Centennial District trolley, but considerable capital expense compared to bus service. The report also investigates other ways to serve recreational and tourist destinations.

STAFF CONTACT: Logan Axelson Office of Transit, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Planning (215) 238-2833 [email protected]

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